Recorded history

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Linear A etched on tablets found in Akrotiri, Santorini.
Linear A etched on tablets found in Akrotiri, Santorini.

Recorded history can be defined as history that has been written down or recorded by the use of language, whereas history is a more general term referring simply to information about the past.[1] It starts in the 4th millennium BC, with the invention of writing.

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  1. ^ Dictionary.Com Definition of "History"

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